Envelop check-book stub



,E. S. LINDMARK.

ENVELOP CHECK BOOK STUB..

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1921.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921..

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To all whom it may concern:

Be itk-nown that I, ELMER S. =LINDMARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the countyflof Kings andoState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin EnvelopCheck- BookStubs; and I do declare thefollowing to bea :f-ull, clear, and exact .descriptlon ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itapperta1ns to r :2, so that when the stub is turned back to make and useithe same.

This invention relates to an improved construction in check-books, and one object of the invention is to provide an improved type of stub or record sheet, the stub sheet being in the form of an envelop so that canceled checks when returned by the bank may be placed in the envelops and thus a used checkbook constitutes a holder for canceled checks, the checks being placed in the proper envelop so that when it is desired to have access to a certain canceled check, it is simply necessary to read the entries upon the envelop stubs until the proper entry is found.

Another object of the invention is to provide a check-book construction in which the check-book will be of use as a file for the canceled checks after the checks have all been used thus making it unnecessary to throw the check-book away, and provides an additional file box to retain the canceled checks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a check-book of the character described which will not be materially greater in size than the ordinary type of check-book, and which as previously stated, will save office expense by forming a check fileand will further keep the checks separated so that a desired check can be easily located.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: s

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a checkbook open at the envelop stub.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the envelop stub turned back into position for writing a check and making an entry upon the stub.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showlng a modified form of envelop stub.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Figs. 1 and 3 showing a further modificatlon. V

This improved check-book is provlded with a cover 1 which will have a conventional construction and will have the check Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

' sApplication filed .J'anuary 24, 19 21. Seria1N0. 4-39,635.

blanks secured therein in the usual manner bystaples or other suitable fasteners. Between certain of the check blanks 2, the stubs will-be placed and secured by the same fasteners which hold the check blanks in place. This is a customary arrangement of blanks and stuYb sheets, and in most instances, a stub sheet is inserted after every third check blank. As is usual, each of these stubs will be printed as shown in Fig.

the position of Fig. 2, the face of the stub which xisexposed'to view, will be marked to show the balance brought forward, the deposit, the proper entries for the three following check blanks and the total deposit, the total amount of the three checks listed upon the stub, and the balance to be carried forward. As previously stated, the general arrangement of check blanks and stub sheets is common in the make-up of a check-book, and the structure which it is desired to protect in this improved check-book, is the construction of the stub sheets.

In Figs. 1 and 2, there has been shown one specific construction of stub sheet and in Figs. 3'and 4, modified constructions have been. shown. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the stub sheet 3 is in the form of an envelop which is closed at the sides and is open at its outer end as shown at -4 in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that when the envelop stubs are secured in the check-book with their inner ends secured in place by the same fastening means which hold the check blanks in place, the envelop stubs will be open at their outer ends and when the checks have been canceled and are returned, the three canceled checks which correspond to the entries upon each of the stub sheets will be placed in their proper envelop. Therefore, the stub sheets form not only a record of thechecks which have been issued but further constitute a container in which the canceled checks will be placed, after being returned from the bank. The check-book will therefore serve not only as a checkbook but also as a file in which the canceled checks may be put and placed away for future reference.

The structure of Fig. 3 is somewhat similar to that of Fig. 1 except that theenvelop 3, exceptthat the envelop is open at the end as shown at 6 as well as being open at the side as shown at 5. With this form, the canceled checks may be easily inserted and .further they may be readily removed since the envelop may be lifted at the lower right hand corner, thus permitting easy access to the canceled checks which are placed in the envelop.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided a check book which may be used for keeping a record of the checks issued and which may be used as a filing book or container for the canceled checks, the canceled checks being separated into groups of three and each group of canceled checks placed in the proper envelop having the record of the check marked thereon. I claim: 1. A check-book having groups of blank checks and-containers between the groups,

each container being provided upon one side with delineated spaces for entering a record of the checks of its group when used,'the containers providing filing receptacles for the checks of their respective groups when canceled.

I 2. A check-book comprising a backing and receptacles and groups of blankchecks secured in the backing, the receptacles being secured between the groups of blank checks and each provided upon one side with delineated spaces for recording checks of its group when removed and each providing a filing receptacle for the checks of its group when canceled.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' ELMER S. LINDMARK. 

